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tain, immediate, and convenient exchange of
such notes for specie. The Government did
indeed receive the inconvertible note of Htate
banks during the difficulties of war ; and the
community submitted without a murmur to
the unequal taxation and multiplied evils of
which such a course was productive. With
the war, this indulgence ceased, and the banks
were obliged again to redeem their notes in
gold and silver. The Treasury, in accordance
with previous practice, continued to dispense
with the currency required by the act of 178 U,
and took the notes of banks in full confidence
of their being paid in specie on demand ; and
Congress to guard against the slightest viola
tion of this principle, have declared, by law,
that if notes are ]>aid in the transactions of
the Government, it must be under such cir
cumstances as to enable the holder to convert
them into specie without depreciation or de
lay.
Os my own duties under the existing laws,
when the banks suspended specie payments, 1
could not doubt Directions were immediately
given to prevent the reception into the Treasu
ry of any tiling but goldand silver or its equiv
alent and every practicable arrangement was
made to preserve the public faith, by similar
equivalent payments to the public creditors.—
The revenue from lands had been for some
time substantially so collected, under the order
issued by the direction of my predecessor. The
effect of that order had been so salutary, and
its forecast in regard to the increasing inse
curity of bank paper had become so apparent,
that even before the catastrophe, I had resolv
ed not to interfere with its operation. Con
gress is now to decide whether the revenue
shall continue to be so collected or not.
The receipts into the Treasury, of bank
notes not redeemed in specie on demand, will
not I presume, he sanctioned. It would de
stroy, without the excuse of war or public dis
tress, that equality of imports, and identity of
commercial regulation, which lie at the foun
dation of our Confederacy, and would offer to
each State a direct temptation to increase its
foreign trade, by depreciating the currency
received for duties in its ports. Such a pro
ceeding would also, in a great decree, frustrate
the policy, so highly cherished, of infnsing into
our circulation a larger proportion of the pre
cious metals, a policy, the wisdom of which
none can doubt, though there may be different
opinions as to the extent to which it should be
carried. Its results have been already too
auspicious, and its success is too closely yjter- ;
woven with the future prosperity of the country, |
to permit us for a moment to contemplate its
abandonment Wc have seen, under its in
fiuoncc, our specie augmented beyond eighty j
million; our coinage increased so as to make
that of gold amount, between August 1834,
and December, 183fi, to ten millions of dollars;
exceeding the whole coinage at the mint dur
ing the thirty one previous years. The pros- !
jiect of further improvement continued with- j
out abatement until the moment of the suspen-1
sion of specie payments. This policy has now j
indeed been suddenly checked, but is still far \
from being overthrown. Amidst all conflict
ing theories, one position is undeniable; the ;
precious metals will invariably disappear when
there ceases to be a necessity for their use, as
a circulating medium. It was in strict accord
ance with this truth, that whilst, in the month
of May last, they were every where seen, and
were current for all ordinary purposes,they dis
appeared from circulation th« moment the pay- j
inent of specie was refused by the banks, and
the community tacitly agreed to dispense j
with its employment. Their place was sup
plied by a currency exclusively of paper, and j
in many cases of the worst description. Al- [
ready arc the bank notes now in circulation j
greatly depreciated, and they fluctuate in val- j
ue between one place and another; thus di-1
ininishing and making uncertain the worth of
property and tiie price of labor, and failing to
subserve, except at a heavy loss, the purposes
of business. With each succeeding day the
metalic currency decreases ; by some it is j
hoarded in the natural fear, that once parted |
with, it cannot he replaced ; while by others it i
is diverted from its more legitimate uses, for j
tiie sake of gain. Should Congress sanction |
this condition of tilings, by making irreJet nia- j
hie paper money receivable in payment of
public dues, a temporary check to a wise and
salutary policy will, in all probability, be con
verted into its absolute destruction.
It is true that bank notes actually converti
ble into specie may be received in payment of
tiie revenue, without being liable to all these
objections, and that such a course may, to
some extent, promote individual Convenience :
an object always to be considered where it 1
does not conflict with the principles ofour gov
ernment or the general welfare of the country.
If such notes only were received, and always
under circumstances allowing their early pre
sentation for pay ; and if, at short and fixed
periods, they were converted into specie, to be
kept by the officers of the Treasury, some of
the most serious obstacles to their reception
would perhaps he removed. To retain the
n tes in the Treasury would he to renew, un
!er another form, the h -.ns of the public money
i ; .> die hanks and the evils consequent thereon.
It is, however, a mistaken impression, that
any large amount of specie is required for pub
lic payments. Os the seventy or eighty mil
lions now estimated to bo in the country, ten
millions would he abundantly sufficient for
that purpose, provided an accumulation of a
large amount of revenue, beyond the necessa
ry w ants of the Government, he hereafter pre
vented. If to these considerations be added
the facilities which will arise from enabling
the Treasury to satisfy the public creditors,
by its drafts or notes received in payment of
the public dues, it may be safely assumed that
no motive of convenience to the citizens re
quires the reception of bank paper.
To say that the refusal of paper money by
the government, introduces an unjust discrim
ination between the currency received by it,
and that used by individuals in their ordinary
affairs, is, in my judgment, to view it in a very
erroneous light The Constitution prohibits
the States from making any thing hutgold and
silver a tender in the payment of debts, and
thus secures to every citizen a right to demand
payment in the legal currency. To provide
by law that the Government will only receive
its dues in gold and silver, is not to coufeteHn
it any peculiar privilege ; but merely to place
it on an equality with the citizen, by reserving
U it a right secured to him by tiie Constitution.
It is dqubtless for this reason,that the principle
has been sanctioned by successive laws, from
the time ot the first Congress under the'Con
stitution down to the last Such precedents,
never objected to and proceeding from such
sources afford a decisive answer to the imputa
tion of inequality or injustice. 1 *
But, in fact, the measure is one es restriction,
not of favon To forbid the public agent to re
ceive in payment any other than a certain kind
of money, is to refuse him a discretion possess
ed by every citizen. It may be left to those
who have the management of their ow n trans
actions to make their own terms ; but no such
discretion should be given to him who acts
merely as an agent of the people, who is to
collect what the law requires and to pay the
appropriations it makes. When hank notes
are redeemed on demand, there is then no dis
crimination in reality, for the individual who
receives them may, at his option, substitute the
specie for them ; from convenience or choice.
When they are not so redeemed, it will scarce
ly be contended that their receipt and payment,
by a public officer, should be permitted, though
none deny that riirht to an individual; it’ it
were, tiie effect would be most injurious to the
public, since their officer could make none of
those arrangements to meet or guard against
the depreciation, which an individual is at lib
erty to do. Nor can inconvenience to the com
munity be alleged as an objection to such a
regulation. Its object and motives are con
venience and welfare.
If, at a moment of simultaneous and unex
pected suspension by the banks, it adds some
thing to die many embarrassments of that pro
ceeding, yet these are far overbalanced by its
direct tendency to produce a wider circulation
of gold and silver, to increase the safety of
bank paper, to improve the general Currency,
and thus to prevent altogether such occurren
ces, and the other and far greater evils Unit
attend them.
It may, indeed, be questioned, whether it is
not for the interest of the ’ banks themselves
that the Government should not receive their
paper. They would be conducted with more
caution, and on sounder principles. By using
sjiecie only in its transactions, the Government
would create a demand for it, which would, to
a great extent, prevent its exportation, and by
keeping it in circulation, maintain a broader
and safer basis for the paper currency. That
the banks would thus be rendered rhore sound,
and the community more safe, cannot admit of
a doubt
The foregoing view s, it seems to me, do hut
fairly carry out the provisions.of the Federal
Constitution in relation to the currency, as far
as relates to the public revenue. At the time
that instrument was framed, there were but
three or four banks in the United States ; and
had the extension of the banking system, and
the evils growing out of it, been foreseen, they
would probably have been specially guarded
against The same policy which led to the
prohibition of bills of credit by the States,
would, doubtless, in that event have also inter
dicted their issues as a currency in any other
form. The Constitution, however, contains no
such prohibition ; and, since the States have
exercised for nearly half a century the power
to regulate the business of banking, it is not to
jbe expected that it will be abandoned. The
whole matter is now under discussion before
the proper tribunal—the people of the States.
Never before has the public mind been so
thoroughly aw akened to a proper sense of its
importance; never Tias the subject in all its
bearings, been submitted to so searching an
inquiry. It would be distrusting the intelli
gence and virtue of the people to doubt the
speedy and efficient adoption of such measures
Or reform as the public good demands. All
that can rightfully be done by the Federal
Government, to promote the accomplishment
! of that important object, will without doubt be
performed.
In the meantime, it is our duty to provide all
! the remedies against a depreciated paper cur
| reuey which the Constitution enables us to af
[ ford. The Treasury department, on several
! former occasions, has suggested the propriety
I and importance of a uniform law concerning
bankruptcies of corporations and other bankers.
Through the instrumentality of such a law, a
salutary chock may doubtless be imposed on
the issues of paper money, and an effectual
remedy given to the citizen in a way at once
j equal in all parts of the Union, and fully au-
I tlioriged by the Constitution.
The indulgence granted by Executive a.i
--| thority in the payment of bonds for duties, h is
| been already mentioned. Seeing 'hat the im
mediate enforcement of these obligations would
subject a large and highly respectable portion
ofour citizens to great sacrifices, and believ
ing that a temporary postponement could be
made without detriment to other interests, and
with increased certainty of ultimat e payment,
I I did not hesitate to comply with the request
that was made me. The terms allowed are,
jto the full extent, as liberal as anyth re to
j be found in tlm practice, of the Executive De
partment. It remains for Congress to decile
I whether a further post pone: neat n.y not witii
propriety he allowed, and, if -aa .'.eii legisla
tion upon the subj. ct, is respect*•: >y invite I.
The report of the Secret irv of the Treasury
| will exhibit the condition ol these debts ; tiie
oxtent and effect of the present indulgence;
the probable result of it- further extension on
the state of the To any, and every other fact
necessary to a fuh consular ition of the subject.
Similar information is com.uunidated in regard
to such depositories of the public moneys as
are indebted to the Government, in order that
Congress may also adopt the proper measures
in regard to them.
j The receipts and expenditures for the first
■ half of the year, and an estimate of those for
I the residue, will be laid before you by the Sec
retary of the Treasury ! In his report of De
cember last, it was estimated that the current
receipts would fall short of the expendi
tures by about throe millions of dollars. It
will be seen that the difference will be much
greater. This is to be attributed not only to
the occurrence of greater pecuniary embar
rassments in the business of the country than
those which were then predicted, and, conse
quently, a greater diminution in the revenue,
\ but also to the fact that the appropriation ex
j ceeded, by nearly six millions, the amount
which was asked for in the estimates then sub
mitted. The sum necessary for the service of the
year beyond the probable receipts, and the
amount which it was intended should be re
served in the Treasury at the commencement
of the year, will be about six millions. If the
whole of thd reserved balance he not at once
i applied to the current expenditures, but four
millions be still kept in the Treasury, as seems
1 most expedient, for the uses of the mint, and
to meet contingencies, the sum needed will be
ten millions,
j In making this estimate the receipts are cal
( culated on the supposition of some further ex
tension of the indulgence granted in the pay
ment of bonds for duties, which wjU effect the
amount of the revenue for the present year to
I the extent of two and a half millions.
It is not proposed to procure the required a-
I mount by loans or increased taxation. There
are now in the Treasury nine millions three
BigjNSWICK ADVOCATE,
hundred and sixty-seven thousand two hundred
and fourteen dollars; directed by the act of
the 23d of June, 183 ft, to be deposited with
the States in October next This sum, if so
deposited, will be subject under tiie law, to be
recalled, if needed, to defray existing appro
priations ; and as it is now evident that tiie
whole, or the principal part of it, will be wan
ted for that purpose, it appears most proper
that the deposite should be withheld. Until
the amount can be collected from the banks,
Treasury notes may be tenniorarily issued to
be gradually redeemed as it is received.
I am aware that this course may be produc
tive of inconvenience to many of the States.
Relying upon the acts of Congress which held
out to them the strong probability, if not the
certainty, of receiving this instalment, they
have in some instances, adopted measures,
with which its retention may seriously inter- 1
sere. That such a condition of things should,
have occurred is much to be regretted. It is
not the least among the unfortunate results of
the disasters of the times ; and it is for Con
gress to devise a fit remedy, if there be one.
The money being indispensable to the wants
of the Treasury it is difficult to conceive up
on what principle of justice or expediency its
application to that object can he avoided.
To recall any portions of the sums already de
posited with the States, would be more incon
venient and less efficient. To burden the
country with increased taxation, when there
is in fact a large surplus revenue, would be
unjust and unwise ; to raise moneys ljy loans
under such circumstances, and thus to com
mence anew national debt, would scarcely he
ssntioned by the American people.
The plan proposed will be adequate to all
our fiscal operations, during the remainder of
the year. Should it. he adopted, the Treasury,
aided by the ample resources of the country,
will he able to discharge punctually, every pe
cuniary obligation.—For the future, all that is
needed will be that caution and lorbearancc
in appropriations which the diminution of the
revenue requires, and which the complete ac
complishment or great forwardness of many
expensive national undertakings rentiers equal
ly consistent with prudence and patriotic lib
erality.
The preceding suggestions and recommen
dations are submitted, in the belief that their
adoption by Congress will enable the Execu
tive Department to conduct our fiscal concerns
with success, so far as their management has
been committed to it Whilst the objects and
the means proposed to attain thorn are within
its constitution and powers and appropriate duties,
they v. ill at the same time, it is hoped, by their
necessary operation, afford essentia) aid in the
transaction of individual concerns, and thus
yield relief to the people at large in a form a
clapted to the nature of our Government Those
who look to the action of this Government for
specific aid to the citizen to relieve embarrass
ments arising from losses by revulsions in
commerce and credit, lose sight of the ends
for which it was created, and the powers with
which it is cloatlie.l. It was established to
give security to us all, in our lawful and hon
orable pursuits, under the lasting safe guard
of republican institutions. It was not intended
to confer special favors on individuals, or on
any classes of them ; to create systems of
agriculture, manufactures, or trade ; or to en
gage in tln in, either separately or in connec
tion with individual citizens or organized asso
ciations. If its operations were to be direct
ed lor the benefit of any one class, equivalent
If ivors must, in justice, be extended to the rest,
1 raid the attempt to bestow such favors with an
I equal hand, or even to select those who should
most deserve them, would never be silccess
! fill. All communities are apt to look tp Gov
j eminent for too much. Even in our own coun-
I try, where its powers and duties are so strictly
limited, wc arc prone to do so, especially at
periods of sudden einbarrssment and distress.
But this ought not to be. The framers es our
! excelleii' Constitution, and the peon!:, v ho ap
proved it with calm and sagacious dchbera
i tion, acted at the time on a sounder principle.
They jsoly judge *■ —t the •« G •comment
! lntcrfe:es ..!Ji private pu it", u.? better for
the gene.al prospe. y ft is not its: - iiimate
object t ke them .ion, or to re ir, by
rad r .ms i money or legist itio.i m Pivot i
| particular pursuit- - , losses not incur in l.u
public service. Tins would be suhsi.ntially
t.< use the property of some for the benefit of
others. But its real duty—that duty, the per
: formance of which makes a good Govern
ment the most precious of human blessings—
is to enact and enforce a systeu. of general
'a a s commensurate with, but not exceeding,
the objects of its establishment, ana to leave
every citizen and every interest to reap, under
its benign protection, tlic rewards of virtue,in
dustry anil prudence.
I cannot doubt, thaffrin this, as on all simi
lar occasions, the Federal Government will
find its agency most conducive to the securi
ty and happiness es the people, when limited
to the exercise of its conceded power. In
never assuming, even for a well meant object,
such powers as were not designed to be con
ferred upon it we shall in reality do most for
the general welfare. To avoid every unneces
sary interference with the pursuits ot the cit
izen, will result in more benefit than to adopt
measures w hich could only assist limited in
terests, and are eagerly, but perhaps naturally,
sought for, under the pressure, of temporary
circumstances. If, therefore, I refrain, from
suggesting to Congress any specific plan for
. regulating the exchanges of the country; re
lieving mercantile embarrassments ; or inter
fering with the ordinary operations of foreign
or domestic commerce ; it is from a conviction
that sucli measures are not within the consti
; tutional province of the General Government,
and tli .t their adoption would not promote tiie
real permanent welfare of those they mi'dit
be designed to aid.
The difficulties and distresses of the times,
though unquestionably great, are limited in
their extent, and cannot as affect
ing the permanent the nation.
Arising, in a great degree, from the transac
tions of foreign and domestic commerce, it is
upon them that they have chiefly fallen. The
great agricultural interest has, in many parts
of the country, suffered comparatively little;
and, as if Providence intended to display the
munificence of its goodness at the moment of
our greatest need ; and in direct contrast to
the evils occasioned by the waywardness of
1 man, w e have been blessed throughout our ex
tended territory with a season of general health
and uncommon fruitfulness. The proceeds of
our great staples will soon furnish the means
of liquidating debts at home and abroad, and
contribute equally to the revjftjL of commer
cial activity, and the resto rattan of commer
cial credit The banks, estatinhed avowed
ly for its support, deriving their profits from
it, and resting under obligations to it which
cannot be overlooked, will feel at once tiie
necessity and justice of Uniting their energies
with those of the mercantile interest The
suspension of specie payments, at such a time
and under such circumstances as we have j
lately w itnessed, could not be other than a
temporary measure ; and we can scarcely err
in believing that the period must soon arrive !
when all that are solvent will redeem their is
sues in gold and silver. Dealings abroad na- j
turally depend on resources and prosperity at l
home. If the debt of our merchants has accu- 1
mulcted, or their credit is impaired, these are ,
fluctuations always incident to extensive or j
extravagant mercantile transactions. But the |
ultimate security of such obligations does not
admit of question. They are guarantied by
the resources of a country, the fruits of whose !
industy uflbrd abundant means of ample liquid- :
ation, and by the eyident interest of every |
merchant to sustain a credit, hitherto high, by
promptly applying these means for its preser
vation. »
I deeply regret that events have occurred
which require um: to ask your consideration
of such serious topics. I could have washed
that in making my first communication to the
assembled representatives of mji country, I
had nothing to dwell upon but the of
her unalloyed prosperity. Since it is other
wise we can only feel more deeply the respon
sibility of the respective trusts that have been
confided to us, and, under the pressure of dif
ficulties, unite in invoking the guidance and
aid of the Supreme Ruler of nations, and in
laboring with zealous resolution to overcome
the difficulties by which we are environed.
It is, under such circumstances, a high grat
ification to know, by long experience, that we
can act for a people to whom the truth, how
ever unpromising, can always be spoken with
safety ; for the trial of whose patriotism no
emergency is too severe and who are sure
never to desert a public functionary honestly la
boring for the public good. It seems just that
they should receive, without delay, any aid in
their embarrassments which your deliberations
can aflord. Coming directly from the midst Os
them, and knowing the course of events in
every section of our country, from you may best
be learned as well the extent and nature of
these embarrassment, as the most desirable
measures relief.
lam aware, however, that it is not proper
to detain you, at present, longer than may be
demanded by the special objects for which
you are convened. To them, therefore, I have
confined my communication , and, believing,
it will not he you# own wish to extend your
deliberations beyond them, I reserve till the
usual period of your annual meeting tliat gen
eral information on the state of the Union
which the Constitution requires me to give.
M. VAN BUREN.
Washington, 4//i September, 1837.
TIIK ADVOCATE.
BRUNSWICK, (Ga.) SEPTEMBER 21,1837
—« —————- ——
For senator
lION. TJIOMAS BUTLER KING.
*
PUBLIC MEETING.
The Citizens of Glynn County, favorable to
the proposed Convention of business men at
Augusta, arc requested to meet at the Court
House, in Brunswick, on MONDAY, 2d
day t»f October next, at il o’clock, A. M. for
the purpose of choosing delegates to attend
the Convention.
“Tiik Blind Bov's Soi.ii.oqrv.” Wc have
inserted in the ‘-Poet's Corner,” some lines
with this title, not on account of the smooth
ness of the versification or the polish of
the language, but from the touchin fplam
tiveness, the perfect naturalness of the
thoughts. The present age has been eminent
ly distinguished for its philanthropy. The
deal' have been made to hear, and the blind re
ceive their sifrht. The gloomy silence which
, had settled on the mouths of the mutes has been
broken—the darkness which sealed the eyes of
the blind has been dissipated, and they now
partake of the pleasures of their kind—their
souls are illuminated by the light of religion.
The education of the Blind particularly, is a
most astonishing phenomenon. Some years
since we witnesssed an exhibition of some of
the pupils of the Asylum for the Blind, located
in Boston. The exhibition to which we allude,
took p ace lu the Representatives' Hall, in Au
gusta, Maine. The children, a little boy and
girl, about ten years old, read in the New Tes
tament with ease, feeling th raised letters—
they also manifested a surprising knowledge of
Geography and Arithmetic, and played the
j piano and sung with much science and more
- feeling. After this the little boy recited the
Soliloquy, and there was sca~eely a dry eye in
the room. The Asylum is under the care of
Dr. Howe, so well known for his chivalric de
votion to Freedom. This gentleman was an
active participator in the Greek Revolution,
and wrote one of the best histories of that glo
; rious contest. On his return to this country,
he was sent by the Polish Society with funds
. for the assistance of Poland, and while on his
: way, was arrested and imprisoned in one of the
| German dungeons, where he remained several
i months, and at length by the efforts of Lafayette
, was released. His life lias been a constant suc-
I cession of moat romantic actions, and he is one
of the most interesting men of New England.—
He is not more than thirty-five years old, pos
s< ssed of a form of much grace and a counte
nance of singular power of expression, and is
reaily a most eloquent speaker. He addressed
the assembly at this time with great simplicity
and pathos, and the consequence of the united
efforts of himself and pupils was the immediate
passage of a bill, placing funds at the disposal
of the Executive, for the education of the blind
of the State, and at this time several of this un
fortunate class are enjoying the blessings of
mental culture. It was really a gratifying
spectacle to spe men who were continually op
posed in the contests of debate, vieing with
each otherthe passage of this law, so benefit
cent in it* operation—so highly honorable to
the Sta|e. Arid we sincerely believe, the visit of
Dr- Howe aqd his blind proteges,tended much to
preserve that good feeling and harmony, which
the excitement and strifes of contending fac
tions so frequently destroy.
Errata. In speaking of Mr. King’s politi
cal opinions in our last paper, we were made
to say, that in giving him the support of this
Press, it is with no reference to his support of, |
or approbation to, tiie present administration of
tiie General Government. For approbation,
opposition ought to have been inserted. „
Owing to the great length of the President’s
Message, we are obliged to omit several ar
ticles intended for this week’s paper.
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ALEhpersons indebted to JOHN J. MOR- !
GAN, are requested to make payment |
previous to November Ist, —as all accounts re- 1
mauling unpaid after that time, will be left with I
an Attorney. eptNl r. Sept. 14,
.Yotic€. * *
f I'M IE subscriber wilkattepd at Sterling's on
J- M-VrURDAY, 23(Finstant, to receive ex
cuses of all and efaulters, for not attending on the j
road in August last.
JACOB RHMtH, - ) „
PARK P. GIONIAIATT Cn '“ n " ss, °"-
JAOtfB MOORE, N crs
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\oliC4‘.
FOUR months after date application will be
made to the Honorable the Justices of the
Inferior Court, of Glynn County, when setting
for ordinary purposes, for leave to svll the real
and personal property in Georgia, of ELIZA
BETH HARRISON, of Glynn County, de
ceased, for the benefit of the heirs and credi
tors of said estate.
B. B. GO WEN, Ex&utor.
Sept. 7, 1837. *
IVoticc.
AN Election will he held on the first Monday
in October, in Glynn County, for a Tax
Collector of said County for the years 1834,
1835 and 183 ft, —by-order of the Trustees of the
Inferior Court.
JOHN BURNETT, Clerk.
Aug. 31.
a _
\oticc.
II OUR months after date application will be
made to the Honorable the Justices of the
Inferior Court, of Glynn County, when setting
for ordinary purposes, for leave to sell the real
and personal property in Georgia, of JOHN
COUPER, Jr. late of Mobile, deceased, for the
benefit of the heirs and creditors of said estate
J. HAMILTON COUPER, Executor.
Aug. 31. * 4in.
Valuable land's for *aio,
ON Green Creek, Glynn County, lft miles
from the City of Brunswick, and two
miles from sloop navigation, consisting of 1122
acres, 503 of which the very first quality Swamp
and hammock—between 3 and 400 acres of the
best quality hammock not subject to inunda
tion, the entire planting lands very easy drain
ed—GO acres or more in a fine state of cultiva
tion. On the premises is a dwelling, kitchen,
cornhouse, Negro houses, Ac, —a good horsegin
perfectly new, and a fine well of water. Thfe
above plantation can be had low if application
is made immediately.
For further information apply to Mr. B. B.
GOWEN, on the premises or to the subscriber
at Bethel, Glynn County.
V. WOOLLEY.
Aug. 31.
The Savannah Republican will please insert
the above twice a month for two mouths, and
forward the account to Bethel for payment.
AdiniiiiKtratoi*’M Mole.
ON the first Tuesday in November next.
will be Sold at Public Auction in front of
the Court House in Brunswick, Glynn Coun
ty, the following Town Lots: viz—Nos. IG4,
IG7, 172, 174, 17!', (five) sold a* the property
of the Estate of John Elliott, Ittte of Liberty
j County, deceased ; and bvpermission and or
j <ler the Court of OrdinSry of said County
for the benefit of the Heirs, and division
among them. The terms of application having
been complied with, under a Law and Order
thereafter made by the Court; Grant to said
Lots made by the State of Georgia to said John
Llliott, 3d. October, 178.>, and Taxes regularly
paid thereon ever since to the County and
State. Terms cash.
JAMES S. BULLOCH,
Aug. 31, 1837. Adin’r Est. of J. Elliot. -*
Term* ol’Uic American Jlajf
axiiie.
THE work will be published in monthly
numbers of at least forty pages each,
making a volume about 500 large octavo pages
at the close of the year, including a table of con
tents and title page, also about 200 finely exe
cuted engravings on wood, representing views
of cities, public buildings, likenesses ot emin
ent inen, remarkable natural scenery, &c. 1
The subscription will "be Two Dollars per
year, payable in advance.
Any person who shall remit to the publisher
in Boston, Ten Dollars, will receive Six Copies'
this Magazine for one year; and any number
of persons, uniting their subscriptions
purpose, who shall remit Thirty Dollars, as
above, will be entitled to Twenty Copiei for
one year.'
Any responsible person disposed to act as.
Travelling Agent in proenring subscription#’
for this work, will receive addional encourage,
inent, proportionate to the amount orlcrvicts
rendered.
ETAII Post Masters are hereby authorized
and requested to act as agents jn- procuring
subscribers upon terms above named, and in
remitting the amount of their subscriptions.
All orders and letters relative to the Maga
zine, will be addressed free qf jwttai'e, to
# ‘ « JOHN L. SIBLEY,
* Publisker of tht American Magazine,
Franklin jjtrnur, Potion, Mass
Aug'. 31*
FTIHE subscriber would inform the inhabi
-I tants of Bruflswick and those of Glynn
and the adjoining counties, that he will bq
in readiness the eommg'Autumn to execute anjP
orders i nil is line, such as
House, Sign, Coach, Chaise, Chair and
ORNAMENTAL PAINTING.
Also, Gilding, varnisKing Furniture, Ac.
done at the shortest notice and on satisfactory
terms.
Up A supply of Paints, Oils, Glass, &c. con
stantly on hand.
FRANCIS H. TUFTS.
June 8. 6m.
Post Office Aotice.
FROM and after this date, the mail from
this place will be mode up and depart on
Mondays and Thursdays, at 12 M. It will con
tinue to arrive as usual on Tuesdays and Fri
fkys GEE DUPREE, P. M.
Aug. 3.
School lYotice.
THE subscriber will re-opembis Suhool at
the Glynn Cotinty Court House on MON
DAY, the 2d day of October next, rtlten he re
spectfully solicits a &ntinnance of the patron
age which has been so liberally affdrded him
during his last term. He Matters
he will bo able to give satisfacti«n4o sfFJwho
wish their children instructed ill the bi
ll*ll')’ Branches of an English Education, if en
trusted to his care. Terms, $4 per Term of
Twelve Weeks. AARON JONES J*v
Aug 24 , W
Mr. W. *f. Anderson,
HAVING located himselfin the County of
Glynn, respectfully tenders his profes
sional services to tile public. * -*
Dr. Anderson will be found at Mr. \V. B.
Stockton's (Buffalo) at all hours unless profes
sionally engaged. Aug. 17.
Itriinknick C’aiinl and Hail
Hoad Company.
THE Stockholders of the Brunswick Canal
and Rail Road Company, are notified that
an assessment of five per cent, on the Capital
Stock of said Company, is made payable at the
Eagle Bank in Boston, on the lltli September
next. Alsn, an assessment of five per cent, ou
Ifttb October next. Per order.
JOHN J. FISK, Treasurer.*
July 7, 1837.
Extracts ftppi the Acts of Incorporation. '*
‘'ln case any Stockholder should refuse to’
pay Jiis or their instalments when called on in
manner aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the
Bonrd'to declare such shares of stock forfeited
to the use and benefit of the Company.”
“Before payment by the State of Georgia of
their subscription it is -Provided, that the Com
missioners or Board of Directors of the said
Canal and Rail Road exhibits
certificate that the individual stockholders, on
their part, shall have first paid their instalments
when called for agreeable to the terms of the
act of incorporation.”
Emporium ol' Fashion....
THE subscribers tender their thanks to the
gentlemen of Glynn County for the lib
eral patronage they have received and hope by
their continued exertions and untiring attention
to business, toUhicrit further patronage. They
intend in the faU to open as splendid an assort
ment of GOODS in their line, as will be found
in any other establishment of the kind in tlw
city of Darien. They again invite the puhlie
to call and judge for themselves.
Their establishment will remain open during
the Summer and all orders punctually attended
to. SHERMAN A. CHURCHILL.
N. B A case of superior white HATS, just
received.
Darien, July 27, 1837.
“FREDERICK BALDWIN,
Attorn-ygnd Counsellor at Law,
AXD
SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY,
MACON...GA
Juas 15. r >r t * ¥•'
TO PRIATEKS.
E WHITE A WM. HAGER, respectfully
• inform the Printers of the United States,
to whom they have been individually known
as established letter founders, that they hare
now formed a co-partnership in said business,
and an extensive experience, they hop«f to be
able to give satisfaction to all who may favor
them with their orders.
T lie introduction of machinery in placg of
the tedious and unhealthy process of coating
type by hand, a desideratum by the European
founders, was by American ingenuity, a heavy
expenditure of time and money on the part of
our senior partner, first successfully accom
plished. Extensive use of the machine-cast
letter, lias fully tested and established its su
periority in every particular, over those cast
by the old process.
The |etter foundry business will hereafter
be carried on by the parties before named, un
der the firm of White, Hager A Cos. Their
Specimen exhibits, a complete* aeries, from
Diamond to Sixty-four Lings Pica. The Book
and News type being in the most modern style.
White, Hager A Cos. fore Agents for the sale
of the Smith and Rust Printing Presses, with
which they can famish their customers at man
ufacturers prices; Chaste, Cases, Composing
Sticks, Ink, and everf article used in the print
ing business, kept for. sale and furnished on
short notice. Old type taken in exchange for
new at nine cents Hr lb.
N. B. Newßj«hcrproprietors who will give
the above thj#B iffifortions, will be entitled to
five dollars in such articles as they may select
from o|jr*Specimens.
E. WHITE A HAGER
Augfl7.
PROSPECTUS
or tiie
Southern Literary Aspirant.
ON the first of September next, will be is
sued the first number of the Southern JM
erary Aspirant, in quarto form,medium—to be
conducted by the present Editor of the “ New*
Carrier;” at which time that paper will merge
into the former. -
Such a work is offered to the public from a
firm conviction of its necessity and importance;
and the editor has only to regret that abler
hands have not undertaken to accomplish so
-desired an object as the advancement qj'Litera
ture in the South, before ln'in. To effect which
wiH be his constiuit and unerring aim. The
Editor has received the assurance of assistance
from many, upon whom lie relies, with a pleas
ing confidence, that himself nor the public,
through him, will be disappointed in their ex
spectations of its character and success.
We intend that our paper shall be a faithful
vehicle of general News. The cause of the
South, will be its cause, and the advancement
of her interest its chief aim and desire. Asa
paper, it will espouse no party; the important
aftpirs of Government, however, will not be
suffered to pass unnoticed—and all sensible,
judicious communications on this subject, pro
vided they are free from party spirit, will re
ceive particular attention.
Persons obtaining ten responsible subscribers -
to the Aspirant, will be entitled to one eepv
gratis. *
Terms. The Aspirant will be published ev
ery Saturday, in the city of Macoo, at Tu>«
Dollars per annum— $1 25 for six months—
payable in advance. No subscription received
for a less period.
Advertisement* will be inserted at the asasl
rates.
Letters on business must be poet paid to in
sure attention. w W/r
„ C. R. HANLEITER, Publisher.
Mseon, Georgia, July 1837.
~ ' LAW. ~ '
Howell uobb,An»uxr atiitp-
Office, at Perry, Houston County, Ga* Mu
Howell Cobb vij) attend to
business in the countieß Houston, of the yjRi.V i
Twrgga, Pulaski and Dooly, of tide BMkte{
and Sfewart, Randolph, Lee, Sumpter andlfa* „
rion or the Chattahoeehie Circuits.
July SO, 19tr Ly. % ***